Tag Religion
Swami Poornananda, the 63-year-old head of the Swami Gnanananda Ashram, was accused of raping a minor in 2012. This is the second charge brought against him, according to the police. June 20, 2023 2:30 pm IST Swami Poornananda, a 64-year-old… Continue Reading →
The space of religion comprising controversial acts, remotely sexual or absolutely so, has existed since time immemorial. While churches have been long accused of perpetrating child abuse, in India, self-styled godmen have been put behind bars for committing sexual abuse…. Continue Reading →
By- Europa Doley In recent developments on the Hijab Ban, the Karnataka government has restrained students of all schools and colleges under the state Minority Welfare Department from wearing hijab, scarf, saffron shawls, and religious flags to classrooms, saying it… Continue Reading →
By Rosamma Thomas* On Sunday, January 9, 2022, Fr Emmanuel, parish priest of the Lady of Guadalupe Church at Murikumphuzha, Pala, Kerala, sent his sacristan Joseph to ask a middle-aged woman to please wait a little after the morning mass… Continue Reading →
A magnificent piece of investigative film-making by Shubhradeep Chakravarty who tragically passed away just a few years after making this film and other hard hitting exposes of the regime that now rules India. Encountered on Saffron Agenda is a documentary… Continue Reading →
India: Digital version of historian D.N.Jha’s myth busting book on beef eating by Hindus and Buddhists in ancient times In The Myth Of The Holy Cow, the author reveals that in ancient times, Hindus and Buddhists ate beef. According… Continue Reading →
1st Jan’ 2015 Dear Justice Makrand Katju Greetings !! Your recent post on Gay and Lesbian Relationships (LGBT) , created a lot of ruckus, as you tweeted , sadly , you were called a homophobic also, and then your CLARIFICATION further aggravated the ire. I am writing to you, as to why it happened . Why were you labeled homophobe, Sexist and misogynist According to you, homosexuality is a ‘unnatural ‘and “modern” phenomenon and must be ‘cured’ to give way to reproductive heterosexuality.In your opinion, at the heart of heterosexual bonding, companionship, love, lies procreative sex and the desire to keep the human race going. Therefore, you question , “Will a gay relationship or marriage serve nature’s requirement of continuing the species?” So what is ‘natural’. It will mean, not only humans but all species who exists on planet earth . And we have seen that homosexuality is found in mammals, birds and even insects. Also I hate to break your conviction that homosexuality is “unnatural” and “not a disease”, the American Psychiatric Association in 1973 and the World Health Organization in 1992 did accept homosexuality as a ”normal” variant of human sexuality. That apart, if one reads the history of sexual practices across the world, one realises that same-sex sexual practices have been there since times immemorial and that sexual identity-based categories are only an early 20th century invention of American-European psychologists and sexologists…. Continue Reading →
[A take on the attempted brainwashing of our young minds and the sexist nature of some religious speeches] Guest Post By Asthma Anjum Khan [Boy, O, boy, don’t tell me, but can we make this “condemning” our Common Collective Ummah… Continue Reading →
Indian court has been asked to rule on whether a revered Hindu guru is dead or alive – and whether it is a matter of religious faith or scientific fact His Holiness Shri Ashutosh Maharaj is thought to have died… Continue Reading →
Apr 30, 2014 12:21 AM , By Hasan Suroor The narrative in which Muslims see themselves as victims of secularism has about as much validity as the Sangh Parivar’s charge of Muslim appeasement. Muslims are not victims of secularism… Continue Reading →